Work & commute · Darling

Work & commute in Darling, MN

Most working residents leave Darling for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Little Falls (29%), St. Cloud (7%) and Brainerd (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 226 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 223 Darling residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Darling.

223live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

33work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Darling goes to work

Little Falls6.3 mi away

29%66

St. Cloud38.9 mi away

7%16

Brainerd23.7 mi away

6%14

Randall3.6 mi away

5%11

Baxter21.4 mi away

3%7

Pierz17.3 mi away

2%5

Rice22.7 mi away

2%5

Long Prairie20.9 mi away

2%4

Upsala17.8 mi away

2%4

Brockway24.2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%90

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Darling commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

35%

26%

21%

17%

35%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Darling is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.16 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Darling are

36 jobs are based in Darling. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Darling’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Darling

36 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Darling residents hold

226 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−63%

Jobs based in Darling, 2013 → 2023: 97 → 36. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.